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18. In the afternoon to Trees' birthday we three. A cool visit
notwithstanding the hot
weather; {onleesbare tussenzin}.
19. Tuesday. In the after[noon] to the old ladies Hamer who came back
2 days ago. Very glad to
be back. In the evening to Henriėtte {v.d.Meulen} who stayed here on a
visit. In de morning walked along Boersteeg, had long talk with farmer
v.d.Poll, who told how in September the Americans held den heuvel and
the G. made trenches at the Wyler side. Saw the horse at the Lubert that
was killed by a mine, two more horses grazing in the same meadow.In the
little ... near us 9 boobytraps found.
20. Wednesday. Awfully hot and close. The man from the Hemeltje
burried to-day. Killed by
a boobytrap because he pulled at a wire. Tragic coincidence: he already
had cleared away about eighty or ninety boobytraps and mines. Heard how
one time the G. advanced this winter as far as the school; the v.d.Laan
people suppose the trench behind their garden is a G. one. The G. also
were once at the Wolfsberg.
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June. The last people came back from Belgium.
21. Thursday. In the ev. Engl. lesson nurse v.D. Got linen a.s.o. and
presented me with a bath
towel. To-day the food-transports to G. that went from Groningen over
Delfzijl stopped, after the Dutch protest against it. Montgomery
guaranteed the G. 2000 calories, we only get 1850.
23. Saturday. This evening a farmers cart touched a mine about den
Heuvel: two man dead, two
severely wounded. Mrs.Nillesen died to-day in Nijm. hospital, quite
unexpectedly. One day of this week 65 soldiers buried.
24. Sunday. In the afternoon Marie came with our servant girl Annie;
the family was evacuated to
Belgium, they only came back a week ago. As her family is billeted in
the camping centre of v.Stockum and we have no spare bed to lodge her
she can't come back just now, the distance being te far to walk every
day across the wood, and rather to lonely too. Their own house is
completely ruined, a brick road made across the fields.
Tuesday 26. Funeral of mrs Nillesen, Zus, Jan and I went to the
service.
Wednesday 27. At 7¼ on foot to Ravenstein, rather cold weather, rain
threatening, got a lift
from St.Walrik to Alverna only. Saw the Am. cemetry at Molenhoek, about
800{?} buried there. Crossed the Maas in rowing boat, got to v.K. place
at about 12½, nice reception.
Thursday 28. Saw Ineke off, afterwards to Miss Suermondt, very nice.
In the afternoon to Mrs
B{?} made the acquaintance of Mies the nurse, the sister that was this
winter in Gooi, and to Mrs. Piree in het lonely room. To-day the Queen
visited the Betuwe. The new ministery of Schermerhorn, made an excellent
impression by his maidenspeech.
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Fryday 29. The Queen's first visit to Amsterdam. In the morning walk
to Neerloon, saw the baby
there. The meadows lovely all a flower, many fine flowers in the ditches.
Supped at Mrs. Berben. Heard about Amsterdam: in January people had the
greatest difficulty to get their dead buried, they often stayed in the
houses for weeks. The G.D. having one car only and the grave-
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